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{{short description|Municipality in Zeeland, Netherlands}}
{{About|the municipality|the eponymous village|Borssele}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name = Borsele
| native_name = {{native name|zea|Bossele}}
| settlement_type = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline = OvezandeKerkje1.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Church in [[Ovezande]]
| image_flag = Flag of Borsele.svg
| flag_size =
| flag_alt =
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| map_caption = Location in Zeeland
| coordinates = {{coord|51|26|N|3|49|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Zeeland]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
|url = http://www.borsele.nl/bestuur-organisatie/samenstelling-college-van-bw_43375/
|title = Samenstelling College van B&W
|trans-title = Members of the board of mayor and aldermen
|language = Dutch
|publisher = Gemeente Borsele
|accessdate = 6 December 2013
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131211224954/http://www.borsele.nl/bestuur-organisatie/samenstelling-college-van-bw_43375/
|archivedate = 11 December 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party = [[ChristianUnion]]
| leader_title = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name = [[Gerben Dijksterhuis]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Borsele}}
| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Borsele}}
| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Borsele}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
|title = Postcodetool for 4441AT
|trans-title=|language = Dutch
|author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
|date =
|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
|accessdate = 6 December 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m = 2
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| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Borsele}}
| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Borsele}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym = Borsselaar
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| timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code = 4430–4456
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code = 0113
| website = {{URL|borsele.nl}}
| footnotes =
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'''Borsele''' ({{
The name of the municipality is spelled with a single s; the name of the eponymous village is [[Borssele]], spelled with double s.
The municipality is mainly known for the [[Borssele Nuclear Power Station]] and the [[COVRA|Central Storage for Radioactive Waste]].
==Population centres==
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* [[Baarland]]
* [[Borssele]]
* [[Driewegen, Borsele|Driewegen]]
* [[Ellewoutsdijk]]
* [['s-Gravenpolder]]
* [['s-Heer Abtskerke]]
* [['s-Heerenhoek]]
* [[Heinkenszand]]
* [[Hoedekenskerke]]
* [[Kwadendamme]]
* [[Lewedorp]]
* [[Nieuwdorp]]
* [[Nisse, Netherlands|Nisse]]
* [[Oudelande]]
* [[Ovezande]].
}}
===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Borsele-OpenTopo.jpg|thumb|upright=2|center|Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Borsele, June 2015]]
==Transport==
The [[Western Scheldt Tunnel]]
==Notable people==
[[File:Hans Warren.jpg|140px|thumb|Hans Warren, 1981]]
* [[Adrianus Barlandus]] [1486 in Baarland – 1538) a Dutch historian of merit
* [[Hans Warren]] (1921 in Borssele – 2001) a Dutch writer
===Sport===
* [[Dingenis de Wilde]] (1885 in Heinkenszand – 1947) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Cees Priem]] (born 1950 in Ovezande) a retired professional road bicycle racer, competed at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jan Raas]] (born 1952 in Heinkenszand, near Goes) a Dutch former professional cyclist
* [[Angelique van der Meet]] (born 1991 in 's-Heer Abtskerke) a Dutch tennis player
==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Borssele 2008-2011-08-07.jpg|Borssele Nuclear Power Plant
File:Borssele - De Hoop en Verwachting.jpg|Borssele - De Hoop en Verwachting
File:Baarland1.jpg|'t Hof te Baarland te Baarland
File:BosseleWeêle.jpg|Wiel, showing a pool resulting from a dike breach and subsequent re-empoldering.
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
*{{commons category-inline}}
* {{Official|borsele.nl}}
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Borsele
|North = [[Goes]]
|Northeast = [[Kapelle]]
|East =
|Southeast =
|South = ''[[Western Scheldt]]''<br>[[Terneuzen]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Vlissingen]]
|Northwest = [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Borsele}}
{{Zeeland Province}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Borsele| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Zeeland]]
[[Category:Zuid-Beveland]]
{{Zeeland-geo-stub}}
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